Anatomical and electrophysiological comparison of CA1 pyramidal neurons of the rat and mouse

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2288-2302

  Routh, Brandy N ^a   Johnston, Daniel ^a   Harris, Kristen ^a   Chitwood, Raymond A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

129 MOUSE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL KINETICS; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CURRENT; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350279026     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00082.2009     Document Type: Article

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